"But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived." — 2 Timothy 3:13

2 Timothy 3:13 · KJV

“But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.”

— 2 Timothy 3:13

Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.

But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned {them};

2 Timothy 3 — Context

Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of {them} all the Lord delivered me.

Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.

But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.

But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned {them};

And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

Cross References

1 Timothy 4:1

Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;

Titus 3:3

For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, {and} hating one another.

2 Timothy 3:8

Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith. {reprobate: or, of no judgment}

2 Peter 2:20

For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.

2 Peter 3:3

Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,

2 Thessalonians 2:6-11

And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time. {withholdeth: or, holdeth}

2 Timothy 2:16-17

But shun profane {and} vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.

Ezekiel 14:9-10

And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the LORD have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.